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Photographers are human and are therefor prone to making mistakes, however, some mistakes as a photographer can cost you dearly. Fortunately for me, my mistakes have never happened on a paid gig. I have however gone out to shoot nature and landscape shots and realized I didn’t have any compact flash cards once, and didn’t have my tripod another time.
Our good friend Jason Anderson has just posted his latest podcast which features yours truly as the guest host. The focus of the show is all about posing as we discuss some key tips to …
This weekend I was attending my wife’s graduation and watched a guy with a high end Canon camera outfitted with the latest 70-200mm f/2.8 L II lens and 580 ex II struggling for half an …
In this episode Kerry sits down with Roberto Valenzuela to discuss balance in your images. Balance takes two general forms, one for dealing with how people are posed, and the other on how objects are composed within your shot. This conversation covers balance in terms of composition and how to arrange subjects and objects to achieve an overall balance in your image.
We recently took a look at the Lowepro CompuDay Photo 250 and are following that article up with the other side of the spectrum with the Lowepro Pro Roller x200 which is more of a …
It doesn’t seem that long ago that the big discussions everywhere were all about how to get good white balance in-camera…then came RAW and the resurgence of the “fix it in post” mantra. I own …
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Recently I was asked to participate in a survey of leading photographers about a number of different topics for http://blog.smartpress.com. This interview covered the gamut from education, to gear, to film vs digital, and the …
This month the subject moves to light modifiers. Jason and I will discuss different types of light modifiers such as umbrellas, snoots, flags, grids, and much more and how to choose the modifier that is …
Early on in my photography career I was like most people and tried to save money by buying cheap gear like camera bags by buying cheap bags off eBay. The problem was that they never …
In this installment of “Getting the Shot” we look at night shot of a girl on a beach. We see the water crashing onto the subject and a dark sky behind her. She is lit …
One of the things I hear that people really struggle with is how to use gels to make colored backgrounds. Why would we want to do this? Well, because sometimes a basic single color background …
In this episode Kerry sits down with commercial photographer Dave Montizambert. Dave’s background includes clients such as McDonald’s. During the show Dave talks about shooting food, cars, and other experiences. In the second half of …
